International Rankings of Samoa 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Samoa, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Samoa, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	191	1692	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	78.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	180	171600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2.00	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	202	4567	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	88	60.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	186	134320	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	201	263.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	197	313.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	73	4.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	93	118.081 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	181	447.200 million US Dollars	2013
Exchange rates	123	2.56	N/A
Exports	209	97.774 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	208	841.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	127	27.20 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	110	50.50 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	76	10.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	99	23.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	77	66.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	53	39 %	2013
Imports	204	430.011 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	188	9.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	105	3.13 %	2021
Labor force	188	58400 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	90	20 %	2013
Public debt	103	49.10 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	206	1.211 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	197	7.08 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	138	5500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	4	29	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	180	294.682 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	52	24.42 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	67	9.84 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	67	24.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	78	16.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	67	19.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	189	355000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	190	355000	2019
Electricity - consumption	192	120.130 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	189	50000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	183	15.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	13	98	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	11	98	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	1	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	68	72.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	67	27.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	72	0.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	125	27.111 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	179	2500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	188	2363 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	172	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	161	12	2018
Land use - arable land	137	3	2018
Land use - forest	29	60	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	2	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	0.03	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	177	18	2023
Geography
Area - land	178	2821 sq km	N/A
Area - total	180	2831 sq km	N/A
Area - water	143	10 sq km	N/A
Coastline	116	403 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	107	1857 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	161	12	2018
Land use - arable land	137	3	2018
Land use - forest	29	60	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	2	2018
Population Density	141	73.56 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	76	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	117	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	68	19.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	33	2	2020
Child marriage - women married by age 15	50	1	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	67	7	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	67	3 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	16.60 %	1920
Current health expenditure	64	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	51	62 %	2023
Death rate	74	5.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	112	8.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	61	11.20 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	34	74.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	41	66.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	94	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	88	2 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	38	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	57	1.16 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	88	14.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	79	21.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	83	17.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	75	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	73	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	8	99 %	2021
Literacy - male	9	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	9	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	83	59.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	119	27 years	N/A
Median age - male	113	27 years	N/A
Median age - total	106	27 years	2023
Net migration rate	109	7.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	8	47.30 %	2016
Physicians density	127	0.60 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	184	207501	2023
Population growth rate	106	0.65 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	115	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	116	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	89	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.80 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	69	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	0.03	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	177	18	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	130	13	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	139	137770	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	4.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Samoa on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Samoa 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Samoa 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.